barney

Hello,


suppose I buy a domain for 3 years (from one registrar).
and I don't want the domain name after 4 months


1) Can I switch the registrar of my domain to another registrar ?
2) Can I stop the services of the domain (I forgot about the money I paid
for it - it doesn't metter),
and after a while (a day) renew the domain name by another registrar ?
3) Is the one and only alternative is try to sale my domain ?


Thanks

barney

>suppose I buy a domain for 3 years (from one
>registrar). and I don't want the domain name after
>4 months


Then just don't use it anymore.


>1) Can I switch the registrar of my domain to another registrar ?


Well, yeah, you could... but you'd pay for another year of registration, and
you'd still own it, and I thought you said you didn't want it.


>2) Can I stop the services of the domain (I forgot
>about the money I paid for it - it doesn't metter),


Whatever services these are should be able to be shut off at the registrar
level... unless you are confused and mean webhosting, which has to be shut off
at the webhosts/ISP level.


There is also technically a Delete order, which registrars used to be able to
do, but most places you get domains through don;t have that option listed these
days.


> and after a while (a day) renew the domain name by
>another registrar ?


OK, no... This is not making any sense at all if you don't want the name, as
this just gets you the name again after paying more money. But then if you
paid for three years, the name isn't going to be able to be dropped and then
picked up at another registrar until that time is up.


If you put in a delete order (assuming you find a place willing to do so) you
wipe out the money you paid and then it becomes available again, but not after
"a day."


>3) Is the one and only alternative is try to sale my domain ?


You know, you just aren't making sense. What is it you are trying to do?


If you *do* want to keep ownership of the name, but at a different registrar,
just transfer the name to another registrar. That way you keep the time
already paid for.


If you don;t want anything to do with the name, you can stop using it, cancel
any extra services you got for it (either at registrar level or webhosting
level) and let it sit there. If you also want your name taken off of it, you
can change the whois info to bad info and leave it (normally false info means
they can take the name away, but if you want the name taken away, that's fine).


If you want ownership transferred to someone else specifically, you can
transfer the name either to a registrar account they control (they initiate
transfer, you just OK it) or push it to another account if they use the same
registrar.